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B. M. SHIPLEY July 2, 1929.

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Patented July 2, 1929.

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BERNIS 1V1. SHIPLEY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TOTHE NATIONAL CASH REGISTER COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OFMARYLAND.

CASH REGISTER.

Application filed November 3, 1921.

One object of the present invention is to construct a small, compactmachine which will perform the various functions mentioned hereinafter.

H Another object of the invention is to pro vide a novel interlockingmechanism between the totalizer and the operating mechanism.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a machine of thistype with a visible totalizer.

A further object of this invention is to provide novel means to clear orreset the totalizer to zero.

Still another object is to provide a totalizer shiftable axially as wellas towards and from its actuators as usual, together with a singlealigning means to prevent accidental rotation of the totalizer elementswhen the totalizer is in its axially shifted position as Well as whenitis in its normal home position disengaged from its actuators.

A still further object of this invention is to provide means to preventthe accidental shifting of the totalizer from its normal positionaxially towards its resetting position. I

Still another object of' this invention is to'arrange that the totalizerin shifting axially. shall control the means which looks the machineagainst operation.

With these and incidental objects in View. the invention consists ofcertain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, theessential. elements of which are set forth in appended claims. and apreferred form of embodiment of which is hereinafter described withreference to the drawings which accompany and form'a part of thespecification.

Of said drawings:

Fig. l is a perspective view of the assembled machine withthe cabinetthereon. lhe door for normally closing the opening through which thetolalizer wheels may be seen is shown in itsopen position.

Fig. .2 is a detail sectional view taken on the line Z -a of Fig. 8looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 3 is a detail side elevation of the indicator alining mechanism-Fig.4 is a section through the complete machine taken between the unitsof cents and tens of cents banks. looking toward the left.

Serial No. 512,473.

. F lg. 5 is a detail view of the key dotent and its zero stop pawl. I

Fig. 6 is,a detail sectional view showing the actuating and transfermechanisms.

Fig. 7 is a right side elevation of the machine showing the operatingmechanism, the interlocking mechanism and the bell ringing and drawerrelease mechanisms.

Fig. 8 is a plan view taken on the line 8-8 of Fig. l.

Fig. 9 is a detail sectional view taken just inside of the right handside frame of the machine looking toward the left and shows themechanism for engaging and disengaging the totalizer.

Fig. 10 is a detail view of the operating? mechanism for thetotalizera'li'ner.

Fig. 11 is a detail sectional view taken 11st inside of the right handtotalizer supporting frame looking toward the left,.and shows in detailthe mechanism for operating the totalizer alining mechanism duringr'esettii'ig operations. i I

Fig. 11A is a detail side elevation of the mechanism for operating thetotalizer alinor on adding operations.

Fig. 12 is a left side elevation of the printing mechanism. 1

Fig. 13 is a detail view partly in section of the check feeding means.

Fig. 14 is a rear elevation of the mechanism for disabling the checkfeeding means.

Fig. 15 is a sectional view through the printing mechanism lookingtoward the right.

F ig. 16 is a front elevation of the mechanism for setting the typewheels. Part of the mechanism is omitted for the sake of clearness.

Fig. 17 is a detail sectional view of the mechanism for operating theplaten for the detail strip and the type wheel alining mecl anism.

18 is a detail View of the cams and the arm for operating the alarm anddrawer releasing mechanisms.

Fig. 19 is an enlarged detail view of the interlock between theoperating mechanism and the resetting mechanism.

Fig. 20 is a detail view, partly in section. of a portion of theinterlocking mechanism.

The machine shown in the present application is of the general typeshown and described in United States Letters Patent No. 1,230,864,issued June 26, 1917, to V. A. Chryst and No. 1,242,170, issued October9, 1917 to F. L. Fuller.

In its present embodiment, the invention is shown as having four banksof amount keys, and a registering capacity of $99.99.

A single totalizer is provided which is normally concealed but to whichaccess may be had by properly authorized persons for the purpose ofreading the amount standing thereon. The totalizer has higher orderauxiliary adding wheels which give it a capacity of $99,999.99.Indicators are also provided for indicating every amount which isentered in the totalizer.

The machine is equipped with printing mechanism for printingtheamountentered in the totalizer on a detail strip and a check. Meansfor disabling the check issuing mechanism is also included in theprinting mechanism.

Interlocking mechanism is provided for locking the machine While thetotalizer is being reset to zero and also for locking the total'izeragainst a resetting movement during the operation of the machine.

0 para ting mechanism.

mounted on a stud supported by the right hand side frame 22. The teethof the gear 24 in turn mesh with the teeth of a gear 26 fast on theright hand end of a shaft 27 journaled in the side frames, from whichthe mechanism of the machine receives its motion. The gears 23, 24 and26 are so proportioned that the handle '20 must be given two completeturns to effect one complete r'ota tion of the main driving shaft 27.Each operation of the machine requires one complete rotation of theshaft 27.

Releasing mechanism.

The machine is normally locked against operation and is released by aslight reverse movement of the crank 20 before the same is rotated.Projecting from the gear 26 which is fast to the right hand end of thedriving shaft 27 is a stud 175 which is adapted to co operate with a camgroove cut in the inner face of an arm 176 of a locking lever 177pivoted on a stud 178 in the side frame 22. The stud 175 (as shown inFigs.'7 and 19) is normally in engagement with a recess in the wall ofsaid cam groove to'loc'k the gear 26, and thereby prevent the operationof the ma chine. When it is desired to operate the machine, the crankhandle 20 is given a slight counter-clockwise rotation. This movement ofthe crank handle is transmitted by the gear 24 to the gear 26 and movesthis gear in a counter-clockwise direction.

Projecting between two of the teeth of the gear 26 is one arm of aspring-held threearmed lever 180 (Fig. 19) pivoted on a stud 179 in theside frame 22. Also loose on the stud 179 is a supporting pawl 181, thenose of which normally engages the lowermost one of a series of stepsout in the lower edge of locking lever 177, to hold said lever in itsnormal position with the recess of its cam groove lying in the path ofthe locking stud 175 on the gear 26. Projecting from an upwardlyextending arm of the three-armed lever 180 is a pin 182 which contactswith a flat shoulder 183 on the pawl 181. then the gear 26 is rotatedslightly in a counter-clockwise direction by the reverse movement of thecrank handle 20 to release the machine for operation, the gear 26 rocksthe thi-eearmed lever 180 clockwise about its pivot 179, whereupon thepin 182 which engages the supporting pawl 181 will rock the sameclockwise, moving the nose thereof from under the first step on thelocking lever 177. The locking lever 177 is spring-pressed in aclockwise direction, as will be presently described, and therefore, whenthe supporting pawl 181 is moved out from under the lowermost step ofthe looking lever, the latter lever will be rocked about its pivot 178until the. second step on the lever rests on the supporting pawl 181.This movement of gear 26 frees the stud 17 5 on the gear 26 from therecess in the groove cut in the arm 176 of the locking lever 177.

The three-armed lever 180 also prevents the operation of the gear 26 ina reverse direct-ion to a greater extent than is necessary to releasethe machine, and also prevents the turning backwardly ,of the crankhandle 20 at any time during its rotation in clockwise direction.Projecting from the lever 180 is a downwardly extending finger which isadapted to strike a fixed pin 185. When the crank is turned in a reverseor counter-clockwise direction, the three-armed lever 180 is rotated ina clockwise direction through its engagement with the teeth of the gear26. It can be seen from Figs. 7 and 19, however, that when the crankhandle is turned a short distance in counter-clockwise direction saidfinger on lever 180 will come into contact with the fixed pin 185 andprevent further backward movement of the. gear 26.

Pawl 181 has a finger 184 which normally contacts with pin 185 to limitcounter-clockwise movement of pawl, 181. e

The locking lever 177 is normally maintained under spring tension, forthe purpose of rocking it in a clockwise direction (Fig. 7), by means ofthe following connections. Pivoted to the forwardly extending arm of thelocking lever 177 is a link 192 which at its upper end is pivoted to aforwardly extending arm of a hell crank 193 fast to a release shaft 47journaled in the side t'r:nne.--; o! the machine. A spring 194constantly tends more the hell crank and locking lever 17 in a clockwisedirection.

When the gear 26 hegins its clockwi-e movement, the stud 175 passes outof the upper end ot the cam groove in the lock lever 177 19). Near theend ot the operation of the machine. the stud 175 on the gear 26, whichgear at this time has almost completed a rotation re-enters the camgroove at its lower end. This cam groove is so formed that, as the stud175 passes through it, the locking lever 177 is rocked inconnter-clockwise direction a. sutlicicnt distance to permit the spring1% to move the supporting pawl 181 towards the left (Fig. 7) to aga nengage the first step on the arm 176, therehy maintaining the arm in itsraised position and locking the gear 26 against further moven'ient untilit is once more released.

Key-000m].

The key-hoard comprises tour hanks of amount keys 28. The amount keyhanks are substantially the same as those shown and described in theahove mentioned lhryst and Fuller patents and theretorm hut a hriet' description of them wil he given herein. T11 1 keys 28 (Figs. 1,4 and a)cooperate with key detent bars 30 and locking detent hars ll. The detentbars 30 are supported at their upper and lower ends, respectively, hvarms 32 and 33. pivoted on studs lat on the key frame 35. The key frame35 is mounted on cross rods 36 carried by the side t'ranies L). When a.key is depressed. the inclined edge o i' the shoulder 57 on the ke shankengages a corresponding pin 38 ot the detent har ll). tiherehv movingthe latter downwardly until the shoulder is past the pin. when thedetent bar rises slightly and retains the ke in depressed position. Thearm 11? engages a pin 40 on a Zero stop pawl ll normally in eit'ex'tiveposition. and when the detent har $30 is moved (l()\\'I1\\'tlT'(ll saidpawl ll rocked counterclockwise (Fig. 5) to render it inell'ective.spring" 42 serves to retain the pawl and the detent bar 30 in normalposition. The loeking detent liars ill for the hanks ot amount keys areproiidcd with extensions 13. which. immediately upon the release ol' themachine for operation. pass to er the In: 112:) depressed ke is and nde.- the undepressed kc manipulation (It the l tion of the machine.

The locking detent 2 its upper end by an arm 4- vided with a slot thronrod .5 carried hr the arms shatt all. This s pit-i rntii r..."

t herehv clockwise (Figs. 4 and 5) upon the release of the machine bythe handle 20, as hereinlielore descrihed, whereupon the lt)( if; reelthe 3 4 2. therelrv moving the loriting de tents ill upwardly into theirlocking posi also To drive the ditl'erential nierlnniit-an. the drivesha it 27 is provided with a pluralit'v oi pairs ol cams 5t) and Iii(Fig. l). rarh pair cooperat ng with rollers 51 and I i lay Y-shapedlevers I; pivott l at ,5 on trames lioose on a rod 57 extending throughall ot the dillerentia unit and adjacent the (nit 5;; carri d amounthanks. are

actuator; (it) carrying rat :1 (3i and Man: arms (3; tor operatingtotalitier o nions (ill. The upper ends ot the levers channeled h lin s'5 t driving segments r13 lo se on the ro l 57. The segments as at centth hanks of amount kevs are titllf tlve'i to the di ttercittiallvmovahle actuators lit) by lat-c ()7. each ol' whith supported h v a lioes and a lever pivoted on the corrcsptu ditt'erential actuator. r m-lips71 hot-.t rear ends of the latrliei ($7 in em with te should n the:lrit'injseems-1.:: (tli. When tl e s cuts on associated with the amountktws are o cil atwl h their cams all and ill. the Zlt'tktltt'n tut are rl wise with their latthr t the no s 7'2 Hi the lt-re .ti ts in the dicngageiiettt o merits and the er I .7 no latches tn (U t rs to theirnormal wa-vition ll no kl"; hw

. been depress d l: and. f-zvtti tot r ln-ili ohm" :ttor l in the wtzon.llowever. whet: a h i d i esretli the arm l, rocks the Zttt) stop partll 'e e1'clocl;wise to inetl ective position.

v de 'ril'red tit) ltlll a link 81. A t ter the trout end 0% the beam ispostponed hy the actuator 69. the huddle t .:e carrier tor that hank.both of these ele int-tits will receive the proper ditl'erentialmovement. Their operation r. ill he here nal'trr descrihed.

The totalizer shown and described in eonnection with the presentinvention is of the Healing type, and consists ot a series of 'ating'totalizer wheels 82 (Figs. 1 and I :JWitly mounted on a shaft 83,siuiported by the side arms 81 and 85 of a totalizer frame tlti. Theframe 89 is supported, intermediate its front and rean he a shatt 87,the ends of which eoopertte with slots 88 in I lates St and 99. fa t tothe side Frames H2 of t machine. Each totaliicer wheel 9:3 has last tothe side thereof a pinion 91 m hne with its respective intermediatepinion ii, loose on the shaft 87. The intermediate .iinions mesh withpinions 93 carried by a uluradty of nested sleeves 96 supported by a 9,fastened to the tota izer t'ranie arms 1 A rod atta hed to the projet-t-'iorward ends of the arms 8i and eom There is one sleeve ea '11 pinion95, and each sleeve earles a totalizer pinion 63 adapted to mesh withthe rack 91 of the ditl'erentially movahle actuator 119 corresponding tothat pa ticular dr-immination. t can, therefore, be seen that n the ditlerentially movable actuator (it) tor any of the amount hanks is rockedin ad!- operations the tliti'erential mov ment theieot' will hetransmitted to the visihle totali;; wheel 82 or. ondin; 5 thereto by theand the eorrespondi11g vthe i l pinit'ins 95.133 and 91, toializer wheel8; will he turned a distance eon mensurate with thevalue of the key depy-s ed.

path of move nent of the studs on the totalizer \YllfiQlr 82 as thetotahzer is moved into p051- tion to receive entries.

923 loo ely l aline pacing The intermediate pinions are mounted on theshalt RT and are held it ment with the pinions 9 and 95 b s tl tproprietor or his authorized agent.

Y o? 11/ [eh :1 ca (lfjii'z m (7/1(l72 ism.

It will be understood that the totalizer is irmally out of engagementwith the racks o the diliferentially movable actuators 60 l is enyja dtherewith at every operation or the machr The mechanism tor etl'eeting*ttjitlllttlii and disei'igagenient ot the totalizez' will now be (testihed. It will be recalled that the totalizer is supported in thetotaliye [mine 99, which frame, is. in turn. sui pelt d h the shatt 87,the ends of which are slidablf, mounted in slots 88 in the guide, piatesH9 and 99 fast to the side t antes 22 of the ma hine. The guide plate 89has a slot 199 (Fig. 9) in which rides a roller 191 carried [V5111 arm192 fast on the right hand end M ii e shaft HT and connected by a link19 1 0 mn ot a bell crank lever 195 pivoted at 119 to the tralne of themachine. The bell erank iever 195 carries tv'o rollers 109 and 197cooperating with cams 108 and 199 test on the drive shaft 2?. \Vhen theshaft 27 is ,fiYtll its rotation (Fig. 9) the bell (rank lev r 19;) willnot move during the tirst halt ot .he r 'itation.a as the peripheries ofthe can; 198 and 109 are at that time concentric with shalt 2?. However,at the beginninn ot the second half of the rotation of the drive sir i't27, the cams 198 and 199 rock the la-ll er 1 lever 195 lockwise, and byin ans of l nk 1931 the roller 191 will be caused to traverse the 31199. 11s the roller 191 is ear tied rv the at in 1972 tasti on the shatt8?. the shat't ST, and tl erefore, the totalizer-supportt'ranie z ti.will also he shii'ted to engage he pit ions (33 with the racks (31 ofthe diti'erntially movalsle actuators (S9 for the purpose t' edditierentially. The cams 199 and 199 are so shaped that the roller 191will he held in 1t shifted position for a sutlieient time to permit thedi l'erentially movable acwaters 69 to artuate the pinions 9Z3. Near theend ot' the rotation of the driving shat't 21 the cams 19b and 191} willrock the hell crank lever 19.? ct)unter-cloekwise (Fig. 9). and througlthe link 193. return the roller 191. the and the iotaliZer-supportingt'i'aine Flt, to their normal home positions wherein the pinions (123are out 0t tmgag'cment. with the artuato2-= 99.

Theg'uideplat hand side t-a the dl'ive 99 (Fig. 8) fast on the left e 22of the machine, has a rut therein identieal with the slot 199 in plate89 Fast on the left hand end of the sha 9T an arm 113 which carries arolle ii 1 Ellii This roller cooperates with the slot in the guide plate90 and as the arm 11 is fast on the shaft 87 it receives the samemovement as that given to the arm 102 and shifts the left hand end ofthe shaft 87 back and forth in the slot 88 of guide plate 85.

The totalizer supporting frame arms 84 and 85 (Figs. 2 and 9) are bifureated at their upper ends to engage a pair of beveled lugs 79 carriedby the differential unit supporting frames 58, for the purpose ofguiding the totalizer in its engagement with the differentially movableactuators 60.

An aliner 162 (Figs. 8 and 11A) is provided to normally engage the teethof the totalizer pinions 63 and not only aline them but also preventaccidental rotation thereof between operations of the machine. It is, ofcourse, necessary to move the aliner 162 out of its alining positionduring an operation of the machine, and this is done in the followingmanner The aliner 162 is carried by a pair of arms 16% which arepivotally mounted on studs 165 projecting from the totalizer supportingframe arms 81 and Fast on each end of the shaft 87 is a cam 166. It willbe remembered that when the tetalizer supporting frame 86 is shifted toengage the pinions 63 with the racks 61 of the differentially movableactuators 60, the shaft 87 is rocked in a counter-clockwise directiondue to the cam slots 100. This movement of the shaft 87 will bring thecams 166 (Fig. 11A) on the shaft into contact with inclined noses 167 onthe aliner supporting arms 164 to cam these arms counter-clockwise abouttheir pivots 165 and thereby rock the aliner 162 out of engagement withthe teeth of pinions 63. Near the end of the operation of the machine,the shaft 87 is rocked clockwise to its normal position. This movementwill rock the cams 166 in a clockwise direction also to return thealiner 162 to its engagement with the teeth of pinions 63.

Transfer 121 an]: an ism.

Transfer mechanism is provided for transferring from lower to higherdenominations. The mechanism shown is old in the art, having been shownand described in both of the Fuller and Chryst patents, above mentioned,and will therefore be but briefly described herein. Mounted on each ofthe differentially movable actuators is a transfer arm 62 (Fig. 6)carrying two teeth 115. In the normal position of the parts, these twoteeth are separated from the rack 61 of the differentially movableactuator 60 by one tooth space (Fig. 6). The transfer arm 62 is normallyheld in this position due to the engagement of a squared stud 116mounted on a lever 130 (hereinafter described) carried thereby, with aface 117 of a lever 118 pivoted at 119 to the differential unitsupporting frame The ltwer 118 constantly tends to move in a clockwisedirection about its pivot due to the action of a spring 120. It is,however, normally pre- "ented from moving in this direction by ahalf-round stud 121 carried by an arm 122 fast on a stub shaft 123. Thisstud 121 engages a shoulder formed in the slot 124 in the lever 118through which it projects. Fast on the stub shaft 123 is also mounted anarm 125 which the long teeth 126, carried by the pinions 63 engage everytime that one of the pinions 63 passes from its 9 to its 0 position.This engagement will rock the arm 125 counter-clockwise (Fig. 6) and thearm 122 will be rocked in the same direction. This movement will carrythe half-round stud 121 away from the shoulder in the slot 124 andpermit the lever 118 to rock clockwise about its pivot 119 under theaction of spring 120. This movement will withdraw the face 117 of thelever from the path of the stud 116 and bring the rearward face 128thereof into the path of the squared lug 116.

it will be remembered that when the differentially movable actuators 60are rocked clockwise about the rod 57 at the beginning of an operationof the machine, the totalizer pinions 63 are not in engagement with theracks 61 thereof. However, just before the differentially movableactuators start their return movement to their normal positions, thetotalizer is rocked into engagement with the racks 61, and the totalizeris, therefore, actuated differentially upon the return movement of thedifferentially movable actuators 60 to their normal positions.

Vhen the differentially movable actuator is in adjusted position, thetransfer arm 62 is rocked ct)unter-cloclm ise about its pivot by meansof a spring 129, thereby bringing the two teeth 115 in'm'iediatelyadjacent the teeth 61 of the differentially movable actuators 60. Thenno transfer is to take place, the lever 118 remains in its normalposition, and therefore when the actuator 60 restores to its homeposition the squared stud 116 on the transfer arm 62 will contact withthe face 117 of the stop lever 118 as the differentially movableactuator reaches its Zero position, and the transfer arm will be held soas not to operate the totalizer wheels.

Vhen, however, during the adding movement of the differentially movableactuator 60, that is, during its downward restoring movement (Fig. 6),the long tooth 126 of a totahzer pinion trips its appropriate arm 125and thereby releases the lever 118 so that it moves to the position inwhich the farther face 128 thereof will lie in the path of the squaredstud 116, the transfer arm 62 will remain in its position adjacent therack 61 and will be in a position to turn the t-otalizer pinion of nexthigher denomination one additional tooth space, thereby adding 1 to thattotalizer element.

The transfer arm 62 has pivoted on it a lever 13() which carries thestud 116. The lever 1110 also carries a roll 131 which engages with anotch 132 formed in a projection 13;) on the differentially movableactuator 60 whenever the actuator 60 is out of normal position orwhenever the lever 118 is released from its normal position by a lowerorder pinion (33, thus locking the transfer arm 62 in a positionimmediately adjacent the rack (51. 1f the transfer arm is in thisposition when the actuator GO reaches its position, the pinion 63appropriate thereto will be turned one additional step.

At the next operation ot the machine, the lever 118 will be returned toits normal position in which the squared stud 116 engages the front face117, by a disk 135 which has a down ardly extending arm 1% adapted toengage a flat surface 137 on the lever 118. Thisdisk 1235 is rocked in aclockwise direction by the engagement of a flat surface 138 on thedriving segment 66 of the next lower order with a stud 139 carried by aprojection of the disk 215. This clockwise movement of the disk 135rocks the lever 18 about its pivot 11$) until the half-round stud 121carried by the arm 122 engages with the shoulder in the slot 121 andholds the lever 118 in its normal position.

A'wrJ/iarg 0/" ink her order total 5261' wheels.

The machine, in its present embodiment, is provided with three auxiliarytotalizcr wheels (Fig. 8) for accun'iulating the overflow from thetotalizer wheels appropriate to the amount banks. The construction andoperation of the auxiliary totalizer wheels are identical with those ofthe amount banks except for the fact that they receive the entry of onlyone unit at a time by means of trans fer mechanism.

The transfer mechanism for the auxiliary totalizer wheels (Fig. 2) ismoved upon each operation of the machine by a plurality of pairs of cams141 and 142 which cooperate with rollers carried by the ends of arms1413 and 14-1 of threearmed levers 14-5. Another arm 146 of each of thethree-armed levers i i is bifurcated at its upper end and straddles astud carried by a segmental arm 1-17 on which is pivoted the transferarm 62 for the auxiliary wheel. Upon each operation of the machine, thearm 1 17, which is loose on the stud 57. is rocked clockwise one toothspace and then returns to its normal position. If the totalizer elementappropriate to the tens of dollars bank passes from its 9" to its 0"position during an o eration, the long tooth thereof will trip the arm12:"), thereby permitting the lever 118 to rock clockwise far enough topermit the squared stud 116 to contact the rearward face 128 in thelever 118. Then, upon movement of the arm 147 in a .counter-clockwisedirection (Fig. 2). the

tooth 118 will engage the totalizer pinion (33 for the hundreds ofdollars denomination and will turn this pinion one step, thereby adding1 to its c rresponding totalizer element.

In order to restore the levers 118 for the auxiliary totalizer elementsto their normal positions after they have been tripped to permit atransfer, a disk which has a depending arm 151 for contacting the flatsurface 1152 of the lever 118, as pointed out previously. is actuated bythe contact of a pin 152 carried by a projection of the disk 150. withthe driving segment ()6 of the tens of dollars dittcrential unit. Thispin projects into the path of said driving segment (36 and when thesegment is given its upward movement at the beginning of an operation ofthe machine, it contacts with the pin and thereby rocks the disk 15()and its depending arm 151 clockwise. This movement, as before described,returns the lever 118 to its normal position. Each of the auxiliarytotalizer wheels is proided with one of the disks 150 for returning thelever 118 to its normal position, and all of these disks are actuatedsimultaneously as they are connected by rods 153 and 15 1 provided forthat purpose.

t will be understood that the cams 1 1-1 and 11:3 operate the transfermechanism for the auxiliarv totalizer elements si'tt'tt veiv from rightto left, as is well known in the art.

Tozalizer resetting WZeTIIIIIW/HIH.

The totalizer is adapted to be reset to zero manually. Fast on the endof the totalizzer wheel supporting shaft 83 is a. knurled knob 1535(Figs. 7 and 21)), by which the shaft may he turned for the purpose ofresetting the totaliaer wheels to Zero. Each totalixcr element isprovided with the usual spring pressed pawl 156 (Fig. 4), whichcooperates with a groove cut in the tiitalizer wheel supporting shaft 83so that when the shaft turn d the wheels will be carried to their zeropoed' ms. in order to reset the t'dtlllliti to zero it oeressai v toshift the totally. Stil porting frame 813 bodily to the right (Fig. 8).sleeve 83% (Fig. 2(7) fastened to the shaft 8i, bears againstthc sideframe arm 81. 'lhus. by pulling out. the resetting knob 155 against thetension of a spring 157. which tends normally to hold the totalizersupporiing frame 91) in its normal position, the totalizer frame isdrawn to the right. hen the knurled knob 1 asbeen pulled out. it is thenrotated in a clockwise direction (Fig. 7) for the purpose of turning thewheels to Zero. Fast on the end of the shaft 83. and beyond the iiltllltt knob 15? is a lug 15! (Figs 1'.) and 731 which normally restsin a slot Tilt) formed in a locking plate 161 fastened to the right handside fran'ie of the machine. It is apparent from Fig. 7 that while thelug 159 rests in the slot 160 in the plate 161 the shaft can not heturned, and therefore. the totalizer ill) elen'ients can not he reset.hen. however, the knurleil knoh 155 is drawn to the right. as seen inFigs. 8 aml 2t), and the rotation oi" the shaft, 83 (Olllllltllt'ttl thelug; 17 will he out of engagement. with the slot we anal will restagainst the face of the plate (it, thereby holding the totalizersupporting frame 86 in its shifted position. 'hen a con'iplete rotationof the totalizer shatt 8.) has leen matle, the lug, 159 will again comeinto alinemeut with the slot 161) antl. (lllO to the spring 157, thetotalizer supporting frame will he moved to the left (Figs. S and 20) toits normal positit'in. The spring is of sntlicient strength to cause thtotalizer lsl'lllllol't llfj frame to return to its normal po ition themoment the lug 15$) comes into alinement with the sl t ltltli tllltltherefore, the totalixer elements will he stoppeil in their zeropositions.

lVhen the totalizer is l'ieine reset to Zero it is necessary to rock thaliner 162 out of engagement from the pinions (33 and this movement isaccmnplishctl hy the tollowina' mechanism. Loosely mounted on the shatt87 (Figs. 10 and 11). just to the left of the totalher-supporting framearm S t, is a collar 168 which has mounted therein two set screws 169and 17th the inner enils of which normalh enter an annular groove 1T1ent in theshatt 87. A similar collar locateil on the left hand sitle ofthe totalizer to the right ot' the cam 166 (not shown) antl the arm164-. The collar 168 is provided with a recess in its lett hanil ((ljllto cooperate with a spur 173 carried by a plate securetl to thetlllillllf) harsnpporting arn: It'll. Also securetl to sa'il arm 164 isa plate 1173 which cooperates with the left side of the collar 6% toprevent rela tive lateral shitting of sahl arm and collar. 1 t can heseen trom Figs. 10 anrl 11 that when the shatt ST is rotattl. as instiltHl llKtl ahocm the inner tlltlH ot' the set screws 1G9 anil 1T0 willl'ltlt in the annular groove 171 and will have no etlect upon the alin-r 432. The set rews 'ltlf) tiHtl lit are a so a lapteil to en- .Q'Hfj!with a pair of cam grooves 172 out in the shaft 87 with their open emlscommunicatin; with the annular groove 171. so that whenever thetotalizer supporting frame (2G s shifted to the right to e'et thetotalizie the collars 188 will he rocked clockwise, as viewed in Fig.11. anl tliron ih the spurs 1T3 llltl cooperating iecessec fo med in thewines of the collars 1 21' supporting m li'lt E l. 164 will he rockeilconntereloclnvise ahout; their pivots: 16:1 to witlulraw the ahner 1th.?from engagement troin the teeth ol the pun ions 63.

Access to the totalizer resetting knoh 155 is provided liy means of adoor 163 (Fig. 1) in the *ahinetot the machine. This door is normallylocketl and access may he had onl. hv the proprietor or some oneuthorizetl h him to turn the totalizer to Zero.

Int rlocking; me ianisin is lll'OVltlttl for locking the machine whilethe totalizer is lieing reset to zero and also for looking the totalizeragainst resetting movement during operation of the machine. The meansfor ing the tolalizer against a resetting operation (luring operation ofthe machine will he Ilt.-(lll)i(l tirst. l ivotally monntcil on theplate 161 at 1ST (Figs. T, 19 an l is a hell crank lever 188 which. atits forward entl, is lient to form a flange 'hroug'h which projects a$l)l'illl"1ll'(f '('ll pin 18%). The inner eiul of this pin is attainedto ent r a groove 190 for neal in the top of the lug 1539 for main- 1the tolalixer in its normal position 3' :lurin; operation ot' themachine. ell cranl; level 188 is rockecl hy a shoulilctl.Spl'li1g})!8%0tl pin 19' projecting from 1e -l(l( ol the locking lever 17? antlseatctl in a recess on the enil of the rearvartlly exteniling; arm hlvell c an; lever 188. It can he seen 1 i 7 that when the machinereleaseil. as le'l'ore (lescrilual, the looting; lever 17? will heroelt'ctl clockwise, therein raisin; the pin 1H 'l rocking; the hellcrank lever co A t This movement fauses the inner ezul of the pin 18!)to move into the groove 190 (Jigs. 19 and 20) in the lu; to preventshifting; the totalizer supporting traine 86 to the right tor thepurpose of rcset'tiIuhe totalizer. \Vhen, however, the operatingmechanism is in its normal contlition and the tota lizor supportingframe is ment ot th pin 191 W] rcarwarill xtending ar 2 of the hell crant l ver ltlrl. 'l hcrel o c. it is mpessihle tor the siu on the gear :26to he moveil from the iii the recess in the h-pression in the groove inthe arm 176 so that it is 'inipossihle to more the gear .26 an i theoperating mecha .sm.

he machine shown in the present appliis mountctl on a hase Sit) (l ies.1 anti T) in a tlrawer 320 which is normally cla il its closerlposition. ltlechanism is ire automatically epenetl hv means of a l llisi'tl spring not shown heueiin hut well taow i l .o in the art. "thismechanism consists (21' a plnn o'er Elfll rerticall mounteil in the hase319. it its lower en li the plunger passes through an opening in a laclzet 2 22 screwetl to th hael; of the ash drawer 320 to latch ti 1ilrawer in clcsml po ion At its upper e: :l. the plnng'i r 321 isprovided with aslot lid! lflt) machine and their contoriiiatioii is suchthat the iever t is rocked, tirst. contiter-clockvi e and then'it)t'i{\\., (ira'. to). and a is tas-t to the sha'i't 3326 this shaft$3.25 wiii till o be to .ed counterclockw e :if; l tl eii clockwise. l

t can be seen t'ioi i Fig I t i when the arm I 25 is i2li-2t'(. tl ei iengage the iippe: end ot the slot 32 iii the plunger 32! and will raisethe snare tar eiioiie h to tree its lower end trom bracket 3212. therebyreieasiiig the casii 'awer. The spring 332 coiled about the ringer 3:21between the coliar thereon he plunger in its locking? position. The: all'ztl t titliiril has been completed and the casl draa'er is returnedto its clo ed positioin a beveled portion of the bracket 322 will strikea corresponding beveled portion on the iower end of the plunger 321 toraise the same sutlicientiv to peiinit the drawer to come to itsinnermost position. in which position the plunger 3:21 will he forceddownwardly by means of the spring 33:! through the opening in the braket 2122 to lock the drawer in its closed position.

The alarm mechanism consists ot a bell sttpptiritil by stud 535 mountedin the side frame 22 ot' the machine. This bell 331 is adapted to be struck by a hammer 336 every time the cash drawer is opened. The hamm r iiit'i i:- two r-iii the siiii'tt 32o Fasten the shaft lijti is anupwardly extending arm 331 which. at its upper end, has projectingtlieretroiii a pin 83o a dust which a projection 2323!) (ii the hammerrbili noriiiaiiy rests. The lii'ti lttilhl 3535) is vieldinely heldagainst the pin 33%; by: i-priii i' 23h st i etched between :1 pi:carrita by the haiiiiiiei' i336 and the pin 332%. it can be seen troiiiFig. i8 that when the pair of *ams 733i) and 3131 ha ve coiiipiet'edahont one-hait ot their revolution the roller 328 will pass the highpoint fill at the Hill 330 and will. therefore. permit the lever 327 tobe roJk-ed in a counter-i direction under the in thience ot a i-iiigiBiZ fastened to the end of a ol' the lever 23 his moveioeliwieeprojertion S41) 27. iiieiit oi the lever 327 rocks the shaft 326counter-clockwise. and therefore. til arm this receives a like movement.and the bell hammer 336 being attached to the lever 33? by spring 310wiil be brought into contact with the bell 331. A long pin 344- proyeetsfrom the side frame 522 and is so positioned as to stop the bell hammerjust far enough from the bell so that the hammer does not rest againstthe bell at'ter striking it which would deaden the sound. Nair the endof the ope 'ation the cams 330 and 331 will return the parts to theirnormal positions, thus permitting the spring 332 to lower the plunger321 so that it may lock the drawer in closed position as above stated.

Indicators.

The present machine is provided with indicators 192 (Fig. 4:) ot theroller type, loosely mounted on a shaft 193. There is one indicator foreach of the banks 01' amount keys, and each of the indicators has fastto its hub a pinion 1!)i to eiie'i the teeth of a segment 1195 pivotaiiymounted on a shaft 196 supported in the side frames 22. The segment 119?carries a smaller segment 197. to which is pivoted at 198 the upper endof the link 81. It will be recalled that this link 81 is given amovement commensurate with the value of the key depressed by the beam 78which, in turn, is controlled by the diti'erentially movable aei'uatortit). it can. therefore, be seen that the segment 1195 will be movedditi'ereniially and this movement will be imparted to its correspondingindicator through the pinion 191.

An aliner 199, which, at its upper end, is bent. at right anglis toengage the teeth of the segme it. 197, carried by a pair of arms Q faston the shalt 301 (Fi 1) journaled in the side t'raiiies The aiiner 19$)is normally in engagement with the to *th of the segment 197 and therebyalines the indicators 192 and keeps them from movementexcept during anopei ation of the machine. During an operation ot the niachiiie, thealiner 199 is rocked out of engagement from the teeth 01' the iiient 197iii the following manner. Fast 0n the slia'tt 20. is an arm 2-03 towhich is pivoted a link 2033 which, at its lower end. is pivoted to onearm of a t'orked lever 4 04 (Fig. 3) loosely mounted on a shaft 205.Each of the arms of the forked lever 204 carries a roller to eoopeia-itewith a pa r ol' cams 200 and 207 first on the main shatt 2?. Thecoiitoriiiation of this pair oi cams is such that upon the rotation ofthe shaft during an operation of the machine. the link 203 will be movedfirst ilownw: rdly, thereby rocking the shaft 201 and arms zoo in aclockwise direction (Fig. and reiiiovingg the. bent portion 01 thealiner 199 from the gment- 197, thereby perniitting the indicators to beset by the mechanism just described. After the indicators are set, thecams i206 and cause the aliner 199 to en- ;i'iie'e the see iiient 197 tohold the ini'licators in the proper position.

Pri'iiifiri g meeii aiiiisni.

A, printing ii'ieehanism is provided for printing the amountrepresent-ed by the keys depressed upon a detail strip and a check.There are four printing wheels 209 (Figs. 12 and 16) which have two setsof figures thereon, each from 1 to 9 and O, inclusive. The type facesare so arranged on the printing wheels 209 that the same characterappears at the printing line, both on the top of the wheels and on thebottom simultaneously. The wheels 209 are fast on the left hand endsrespectively, (Fig. 16) of a shaft 208 and nested sleeves 210, which attheir right hand ends, carry segments 211, which in turn mesh wit-hsegments 212 fast on the left hand ends of a series of nested sleeves213 surrounding a shaft 214 supported by the side frame 22 of themachine and the printer side frame 215. These sleeves 213 and shaft 214carry at their right hand ends (Fig. 4) a series of arms 216 pivotallyconnected to the lower ends of the links 81 corresponding to the variousdenominations. As described above. these links are given a differentialmovement comn'iensurate with the value of the key depressed upon everyoperation of the operating mechanism, and it can, therefore, be seenthat this movement will be transmitted by the arms 216, shaft andsleeves 214 and 213, segments 212, segments 211, sleeves 210 and shaft208 to the typewheels 209, and will posit ion them to represent theamount to be registered by the machine.

The detail strip is carried on a supply roll 218 (Fig. 12) and fromthere is led about a roller 219 and about a roller 220 to the receivingroll. 217. The supply roll 218 and the receiving roll 217 are carried onshort studs projecting from the printer side frame 215. The detail stripis adapted to be fed one space upon each operation of the machine by thefollowing mechanism. Fast on the main drive shaft 27, just to the leftof the left hand side frame 22 of the machine, is a double cam 221(Figs. 14 and 17), the face of which cooperates with a roller 222carried by a downwardly extending arm of a lever 223. This lever 223 ispivotally mounted on a short shaft 224 supported by the printer sideframe 215. The upwardly extending arm of the lever carries a pin 225projecting through an open end slot 226 in the lowerend of a three-armedlever 227, pivotally mounted on a stud 228 (Fig. 15). The three-armedlever 227 has an upwardly extending arm 229 to which is pivoted a link230 which at its opposite end is pivoted to one arm of a bell cranklever 231 mounted on a stud 232, which supports the receiving roll 217for the detail strip. The other arm of the bell crank lever 231 has alateral pin 233 which projects through a slot 234 in the upper end of alink 235. and which has pivotally mounted thereon a pawl 236, to engagethe teeth of a ratchet 237. fast on the receiving roll 217. A spring 238constantly tends to hold the pawl 236 in engagement with the teeth ofthe ratchet 237. During the first half rotation of the shaft 27, thedouble cam 221 will have no eflect upon the lever 223, as this portionof the cam is concentric with the shaft 27. The lower end of the lever223 has a sharp nose which also cooperates with the high point 241 ofthe cam 221 so that when the shaft begins its second half rotation thesharp nose of the lever will hold the roller 222 away from the cam andas the high point 241 of the cam 221 passes said nose, the lever 223will thereby be permitted to move in a counter-clockwise direction (Fig.17) about the shaft 224. The cam 221 is cut away on the dotted line asshown in Fig. 17, so as to provide a clearance for the nose of the lever223 to permit the roller 222 to cooperate with the periphery of the camat all points on the cam except the high point 241. A spring 239,normally under tension between the pin 225 carried by the upwardlyextending arm of the lever 223 and a pin 240 projecting from the printerside frame 215, causes the lever 223 to rock counter-clockwise about theshaft 224. As the pin 225 carried by the lever 223 projects through theslot 226 in the downwardly extending arm of the three-armed lever 227this lever will be rocked clockwise (Fig. 15) and the link 230 willtransmit this clockwise movement of the three-armed lever 227 to thebell crank lever 231. As the bell crank lever 231 moves clockwise aboutthe stud 232, the pawl 236 will be carried downwardly until the nosethereof enga es with the next lower teeth of the ratchet 23 Then as thecam 221 returns to zero, it will rock the lever 223 clockwise (Fig. 17),and this movement will return the train of parts just mentioned to theirnormal positions, and, as the pawl 236 is in engagement with the nextlower toot-h of the ratchet 237, the ratchet, and therefore thereceiving roll 217, will be moved one printing space in acounter-clockwise direction (Fig. 15). A spring-pressed pawl 246,pivotally mounted on the printer side frame 215, is in engagement withthe teeth of ratchet 237 and prevents retrograde movement of the detailstrip receiving roll.

The platen 247 (Fig. 12) for taking an impression on the detail stripfrom the type carries, is carried by an arm 242 (Figs. 12 and 15)of abell crank lever 243 pivotally mount ed on the short shaft 228. Theother arm of the bell crank lever 243 extends upwardly and has at itsupper end a flat surface engaging with a pin 244 carried by the upwardlyextending arm 229 of the three-armed lever 227. It will be recalled thatthis three-armed lever is given a quick clockwise movement about theshaft. 228 when the roller passes from the point 241 of the cam 221. Itcan be seen from Fig. 15 that this movement will rock theplaten-carrying arm 242 clockwise about the shaft 228 and cause theplaten 247 to strike the back of the detail strip directly over the typecarriers 209, which have, previously to this time, been properlypositioned, thereby taking an impression therefrom on the detail strip.A spring 245 is stretched between a pin on the platen-carrying arm 242and the pin 244 for the purpose of holding the bell crank 243 inengagement with the pin 244.

The mechanism for printing and issuing the check will now be described.A roll of paper 248 (Fig. 12) is mounted upon a stud 249 projecting fromthe printer side frame 215. The paper strip passes from the roll 248into a guide 250 supported by rods 251 and 252 projecting from theprinter side frame. From the guide the paper strip passes between anelectroroller 253 and an impression roller 254 (Figs. 12 and 13) drivenby the main operating mechanism, as will be hereinafter described, andact as feeding means for the strip. The electroroller 253 carries anelectroplate to print any desired data on the check, such as themerchants name, address, etc. This electroplate is inked by an inkingroller 255 rotatably mounted in the ends of a pair of arms 256, whichare in turn loosely mounted on the short shaft 228. A spring )7 woundabout the shaft 228, and hooked over the edges of a plate 272 spacedapart from and secured to the adjacent side frame 215, forces the inkingroller 255 into contact with the type of the electroplate carried on theelectroroller 253. After an impression is taken on the check from theelectroroller 253, it passes beneath the typewheels 209 and is broughtinto contact with the type faces thereon by a platen 258 carried by anarm 259 pivotally mounted on the shaft 224. After receiving thisimpression from the type carriers, the check strip is fed through anopening 260 (Fig. 15) between a stationary knife 261 and a movable knife262, and upon the further operation of the machine, is severed by theco-action of the movable and stationary knives. The check is then fedthrough an opening 1246 (Fig. 1) in the casing of the machine into sucha position that it can be grasped by the fingers of the operator andremoved from the machine.

The mechanism for driving the electrorollor 253 and the impressionroller 254 to feed the check includes a pair of gears 263 (Figs. 14 and15) on the right hand end of the shaft 27. The left hand gear is fast onthe shaft 27 and is connected to the cam 221. The right hand gear isloose on the shaft and is connected to cams 285 and 286 which,respectively, cooperate with the platen 258 and the movable knife 262.This pair of gears normally meshes with a pair of pinions 264 fast on alaterally movable shaft 265. Mounted on a hub 266 is a gear 267 whichmeshes with a gear 268 mounted on a stud 269 carried by the printer sideframe 215. The hub 266 has a slot 270 cut therein through which projectsa pin 271 carried by the shaft 265. Rotation of the shaft 265 will betransmitted by the pin 271 to the hub 266 and gear 267. This pin andslot connection permits relative lateral movement between the shaft 265,and gear 267 which is held against lateral movement by a disk 402secured to the gear 268. It can be seen from Fig. 14 that when the maindrive shaft 27 is given one complete rotation the movement thereof willbe transmitted by one of the gears 263 and 264 to the shaft 265 on whichthe impression roller 254 is mounted, and from the shaft 265 throughgear 267, to gear 268 fast to the end of the clectroroller 253, whichwill be rotated thereby.

At certain times it may be desirable to disablethe check feedingmechanism, and for this purpose the shaft 265 is slidable endwise in itssupporting frames 215 and 22 and the stationary plate 272, carried onthe ends of the rods 273 and 274 and the shaft 228. Fast on the shaft265 just to the right of the plate 272 (Fig. 14) is a knob 275 which,when it is desired to disable the check issuing mechanism, is pulledout. This will slide the shaft axially as above described to remove theright hand one of the pair of gears 264 from the right hand one of thepair of gears 263 (Fig. 14), and bring the left han d one of the gears264 into engagement with the right hand one of the gears 263. As theright hand one of the gears 263 is loose on the drive shaft 27, themovement of the shaft 27 will not be imparted to the shaft 265 andtherefore the check feeding mechanism will be disabled. A pin 400 on theplate 272 cooperates with a slot. in the hub of the impression roller toprevent rotation thercof when the feeding mechanism is disabled. hen theknob is pushed in, the parts will resume their normal positions, asshown in Fig. 14. Movement of the knob 275 during operation of themachine is prevented by a disk 401 secured to the side of the left handgear 263 and of like dimension therewith. This disk is cut away topermit a lateral movement of the gears 264 on y when the machine is atrest.

The arm 259 carrying the platen 258 is operated in the following manner.See Figs. 14 and 15. The arm 259 is mounted on a hub 277, which alsocarries another arm 273 projecting downwardly therefrom and contactingat its lower end with a pin 279 carried by a lever 280 (Fig. 15)pivotally mounted on shaft 224. The downwardly extei'nlii rm 278 isyieldingly held in engagemen w .h the pin 279 by a spring 281 (Fig. 12)stretched between the pin 279 and a pin 282 on the plat oil-carrying arm259. The lever 280 carrie a roller .283 (Fig. 12) which. together with:1 lug 284. also carried by the lever 280. cooper ates with a pair ofcams 285 and 286, loose on the shaft and pinned to the right hand pinion263.

hen the drive shaft 27 is given a rotation during an operation of themachine, the roller 283 and lug 284 on the lever 280 will pass the highpoint of the cam 286 and will then be permitted to move in acounter-clockwise direction. This movement is effected by a spring 287fastened to a pin 288 projecting from the lever 280 at one end, and atits opposite end made fast to a stud 289 projecting from the side frame22 of the machine. This spring will give the lever 280 a rapidcounterclockwise movement, and as the pin 279 is in engagement with thearm 278, fast on the hub 277 of the platen-carrying arm 259, this armwill also be moved counter-clockwise to bring the platen 258 against thetypewheels and take an impression on the check.

The check is severed from the check strip by a movable knife 262 (Fig.15) slidably mounted in the bar 290 supported by thcplates 215 and 295.Cooperating with the movable knife 262 is the stationary knife 261supported by the bar 290 and in which is cut an opening 260 throughwhich the cheek strip is fed. The movable knife 262 is given itsmovement by apair of arms 293 which are fast on a shaft 294 supported inthe printer side frame 215, and a plate 295 mounted on the rods 291 and292. This shaft 294 has a rearwardly extending arm 296 fast thereon.which at its rear end carries av pin 297 projecting through a slot 298in the forward end of an arm 299 of the lever 280. It will be rememberedthat this lever 280 cooperates with the cams 285 and 286, and near theend of the operation of the machine, the cam 285 rocks the lever 280above its pivot 224. Through the slot and pin connection abovedescribed. this movement will rock the shaft 294 counter-clockwise and,through the arms 293, raise the movable knife 262 and sever the checkfrom the check strip.

As hereinbefore stated. the cams 285 and 286 are loose on the shaft 27and are pinned to the right hand pinion 263. It is therefore seen thatmovement of the knob 275 to disable the check feeding means will alsodisable the check impression means and severing means.

An endless inking ribbon (Fig. 12) is provided for the type wheels 209.It extends from an inking roller 300 around four rods which surround thetype wheels 209 under a roller 301 carried by a pair of arms 302pivotally mounted on a rod 303 projecting from the printer side frame,and back to the inking roller 300. The roller 301 is adapted to restupon the inking ribbon and maintain a certain amount of tension thereon.The inking ribbon is fed by means of a ratchet 304 (Fig. 15) fast on theshaft 305 of the inking roller 300. Loosely mounted on the shaft 305 isa plate 306 on which is mounted a spring-pressed pawl 307 whichcooperates with the teeth of the ratchet 304. Also pivotally connectedto the plate 306 is the lower end of the link 235. It will be rememberedthat this link is permitted to drop under the influence of a spring 308when the bell crank lever 231 for feeding the detail strip is operated.When this bell crank lever 231 is returned to its normal zero position,the link 2335 will be raised by the engagement of the pin 233 with theupper end wall of the slot 234 and will thereby rock the plate 306 andthrough the pawl 307 and ratchet 304, move the inking roller 300 onespace. Pivotally mounted on the shaft 303 is an arm 309 which atitsuriper end, carries a half round stud 310 adapted to engage with ashoulder 311 on the link and prevent the link 235 from moving in adownward direction more than is necessary to feed the inking ribbon onespace.

Secured by a sleeve connection to the arm 309 is an arm 403 (Fig. 12)which projects into the path of buttons 404 fastened to the inkingribbon hereinbefore referred to at, points so as to be moved intocooperation with the arm 403 to move the arm 309 clockwise when the seam405 of the ribbon is in position to be moved into alinen'ient witheither impression means during the next operation of the machine. Thismoves the stud 310 out of the path of the shoulder 311 and the drivinglink 235 for the ribbon feed roller will move a greater distance andconsequently move the seam of the ribbon beyond the platens.

Formed integral with the segment 211, (Fig. 15) which cooperates withthe segment 212 to position the type carriers 209. is a smaller segment312. An arm 313 (Fig. 15), pivotally mounted at 314 on the printer sideframe 215, has its end bent to form a flange 315 which engages with theteeth of segment 312 during a certain portion of the operation of themachine. The arm 313 has an upward ly extending projection which carriesa roller 316 in engagement with the bifurcated end of the forwardlyextending arm of the threearmed lever 227. It will be recalled that thislever 227 is given a clockwise rotation in order to take an impressionon the detail strip. It is apparent. then. that as the platen arm 242moves down to take an impression, the arm 313 will also be moveddownwardly by the three-armed lever 227. The flange 315 on arm 313 willengage between the teeth of the segment 312 and alinc and lock the typecarriers in their adjusted positions during the taking of theimpression. When the platen arm 242 is returned to normal the arm 313will be raised and the flange 315 will be removed from the teeth of thesegment 312. thereby permitting it and the type carriers to be moved totheir new positions.

While the form of mechanism herein shown and described is admirablyadapted to fulfill the objects primarily stated, it is to be understoodthat it is not intended to confine the invention to the one form orembodiment herein disclosed, for it is susceptible of embodiment invarious forms all coming within the scope of the claims which follow.

\Vhat is claimed is:

1. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a resettabletotalizer, an operating device operable in one direction to enteramounts in said totali-zer, and means operable upon an operation of saidoperating device in a reverse direction for preventing a resellingoperation of said totalizer as amounts are entered.

2. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a resettabletotalizer. an operating device for entering amounts in said totalizer,and means operable upon reverse movement of said operating device toprevent a resetting operation of said totalizer during a forwardmovement of said operating device and releasable by said operatingdevice near the end of the forward movement.

3. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a resettabletotalizer, an operating device for entering amounts in said totaliZer, anormally effective lock for said operating device, and means operable assaid lock moves to release position for preventing a resetting operationof said totalizer during an operation of the operating device.

4. In a machine of the class described, a totalizer and alining meanstherefor mounted for lateral movement, and means operated by a lateralmovement of said alining means for moving the alining means out ofoperative position.

5. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a totalizer,alining means therefor, a laterally shiftable supporting means therefor,and means operated by a movement of said supporting means for moving thealining means out of alining posi tion.

6. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a totalizer,alining means therefor, means for supporting the totalizer and aliningmeans for lateral movement, and cam means operated by a movement of saidtotalizer and alining means for moving the latter out of aliningposition.

7. In a totalizer construction, totalizer wheels, alining means thereformovable radially thereof. and means movable relatively to and parallelwith the axis of rotation of said totalizer wheels for moving saidalining means out of alining position.

8. In a totalizer construction, totalizing means, pivoted alining meanstherefor, and means for moving said alining means into inoperativeposition, said alining means and said means for moving the same beingmounted for relative lateral bodily movement.

9. In a machine of the class described, the combination ofactuator-engaging totalizing wheels, aliner means, reading wheels, gearwheels connecting said totalizer and reading wheels, a rod supportingsaid gear wheels, a cam on said rod, a movably mounted frame supportingsaid totalizer wheels, gear wheels, reading wheels, and aliner means,and means cooperating with said cam and operated by said aliner meansupon movement of said frame for moving the aliner means out of operativeposition.

10. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a totalizer,alining means tluu'efm', means for supporting said totalizer and aliningmeans for lateral movement. and cooperative means on said alining meansand supporting means operated by a lateral movement of said aliningmeans to move said alining means into inoperative position.

11. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a group oftotalizer wheels, a group or reading wheels geared to said totalizerwheels, aliners for the totalizer wheels, Zero stops for the readingwheels, a slidably mounted frame supporting said groups of wheels,stops, and aliners, means operated upon movement of said frame formoving said alincrs and stops into inoperative position, meanssupporting said frame for movement axially of said wheels, and meansoperated by said latter movement of said frame for moving said alinersinto operative position.

12. In a machine of the class described, a totalizer, a turn-to-zeroshaft mounted for axial movement, an operating device for enteringamounts in said totalizer, a lock for said device, and means positionedby an axial movement of said shaft to prevent movement of said lock tounlocking position.

13. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a maindriving mechanism, means for normally locking the main drivingmechanism, a totalizer, means for re setting the totalizer to Zero, andmeans for disabling said locking mechanism, said disabling means beinginefiective when the totalizer is being reset.

14. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a maindriving mechanism, means for normally locking the main drivingmechanism, means for rendering said locking means ineffective, atotalizer, means for resetting the totalizer to Zero, and means wherebythe totalizer is locked against resetting during an operation of themain driving mechanism.

15. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a maindriving mechanism including a gear carrying a pin, a pivoted stop-armnormally in engagement with the pin for the purpose of locking saiddriving mechanism. a pair of steps on said stop-arm, and pivoted meansinvolving a. plurality of arms, one arm of which is in engagement withthe teeth of the said gear, and another arm of which contacts with thelowermost of said

